outlast

verb

out·​last ˌau̇t-ˈlast 

outlasted; outlasting; outlasts

transitive verb

: to last longer than : to continue to exist, be active, etc., longer than (someone or something)

BookCourt … withstood the 1999 opening of a Barnes & Noble store just a few blocks away and even outlasted the owners' marriage.

—Eli Rosenberg

Synonyms of outlast

• survive
• outlive

Examples of outlast in a Sentence

I truly hope this car will outlast our previous one

your work will probably outlast you

Recent Examples on the Web

In the Division 3 final, Corona del Mar outlasted Newbury Park 24-26, 25-20, 25-15, 22-25, 15-13 to capture its first section title in 22 years and the eighth in program history. — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

Coastal Academy outlasted Vincent Memorial in five sets to earn its first CIF championship match appearance. — Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Since our test is a local video-rundown exercise (not streaming over Wi-Fi), this differential makes sense, and the newest 16-inch MacBook Pro outlasted the rest of the comparison set by anywhere from 10 to almost 17 hours. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

The next tests are how far her data center freeze reaches, whether Terafab’s JETI agreements draw legislative review, and whether the fight over Abbott’s Musk records outlasts his administration. — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for outlast

• aghast
• amassed
• biassed
• broadcast
• bypassed
• downcast
• forecast
• foremast
• harassed
• holdfast
• mainmast
• newscast

Kids Definition

outlast

verb

out·​last

(ˈ)au̇t-ˈlast

: to last longer than : survive